Saturday, February 16, 2008

Cringeworthy Movie Titles?

Okay, so what is the point of misspelling movie titles?

I mean, how hard is it to add one simple letter to the title of the movie to spell it correctly?

I realize I am a self-professed grammar cop, but come on. Please.

How stupid are these titles?

I Am Legend
Hav Plenty
Boyz In The Hood
Mo Money
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

And most recently....

How She Move

Even if these movies looked promising, I would refuse to see them. But that's just me. You need to spell properly to come across as anywhere near respectable in my eyes.

Okay, my rant is over. I know you missed them. Admit it.

1 comment:

Nicole - The F**k You Up Fairy said...

Sorry girl but I'm going to have to bust you here.

While most of these titles are, indeed, grammatically incorrect or simply misspelled, the first one, I Am Legend, is not. It actually uses a form of stylized English that borrows from the structure of some Romance languages where the subject of the sentence does not necessarily require a preceding article.

For example, the sentence “I am a singer” translates into French as “Je suis chanteuse” – with the indefinite article “une” understood though not present.

Another example would be the Helen Reddy song I Am Woman.